How To Install libconfig on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libconfig
on CentOS 7.
What is libconfig
Libconfig is a simple library for manipulating structured configuration files. This file format is more compact and more readable than XML. And unlike XML, it is type-aware, so it is not necessary to do string parsing in application code. Libconfig is a simple library for manipulating structured configuration files. This file format is more compact and more readable than XML. And unlike XML, it is type-aware, so it is not necessary to do string parsing in application code.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install libconfig
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libconfig.
Install libconfig on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install libconfig
using yum
by running the following command:
Install libconfig on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install libconfig
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall libconfig on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libconfig
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libconfig
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.